M01_BALK7515_01_SE_C01.indd Page 1 10/12/12 4:57 PM ff-446 CHAPTER 1 The Role of Assessment in Counseling OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you will be able to: 1. Understand the importance and role of assessment in counseling. 2. Identify psychological constructs and associated operational definitions. 3. Distinguish between standardized and nonstandardized assessments. 4. Identify relevant historical issues of assessment and the implications for assessment today. 5. Recognize
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My feelings about the English language‚ including both grammar and literature‚ have changed several times throughout my life. These changes took place as I was influenced by my family and by the different teachers that I have had throughout my academic career. As a young boy‚ I knew very little about the English language‚ but the instruction which I have received throughout my academic career has worked to shape my feelings about the English language. My parents began reading to me when I was
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The Stroop Effect‚ often studied under the cognitive perspective‚ tests how these processes work. When James McKeen Cattell(1886) conducted his research and concluded that objects and colors took longer to name aloud than the corresponding words‚ he was aware of the conflict between automatic and controlled processing. Although Cattell had already drawn this conclusion‚ J. Ridley Stroop(1935) is widely known for his research with color and words‚ in that he was the first to
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Additionally‚ being a special education director means that the person must have interpersonal skills to maintain relationships with many different stakeholders‚ and there is not much room for flaws and errors. Furthermore‚ determine the budget for special education can hold a huge weight on the director and can lead to positive of negative outcomes‚ such as the educators not having enough funding for materials. Personally‚ the scholar understands that it takes organizations skills and a person that
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study. So‚ he developed projects that examined learning in animals to satisfy requirements for his courses and degree. He completed a study of maze learning in chicks‚ but for personal reasons‚ Thorndike did not complete his education at Harvard. Cattell invited him to go to Columbia University where he continued his animal research. He switched from chicks to cats and dogs‚ and made good use out of his own designed "puzzled boxes." In 1898‚ he was awarded the doctorate for his thesis‚ "Animal Intelligence:
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personality has been framed largely into multiple grand theories: psychoanalysis (Freud‚ Jung)‚ humanistic theories (Rogers‚ Maslow)‚ social-learning theories (Bandura‚ Mischel)‚ cognitive-phenomenological theories (Kelly‚ Laing)‚ trait theories (Eysenck‚ Cattell‚ the Big Five)‚ narrative (McAdams‚ Bruner) and so on. However Personality psychology is yet to articulate clearly a comprehensive framework for understanding the whole person. This essay will attempt to provide a summary of McAdams integrative approach
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WestJet Airlines Ltd is a Canadian low-cost carrier based in Calgary‚ Alberta‚ that flies to most major cities in Canada and 11 cities in the United States. WestJet is the second-largest Canadian carrier behind Air Canada . The company ’s personality can be illustrated by its organizational structure‚ culture‚ values and the communication with the public and its employees. The culture and structure of WestJet is very much entrepreneurial. There are few levels of management‚ keeping the organizational
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PERSONALITY What is more important in determining your behavior - your personality or the siltation in which you are in (the environment)? Are you a "nice" person? If you said yes‚ are you always nice? The answer‚ if you are being honest‚ is no. The question then is‚ if you are a "nice" person (and thus that is part of your personality)‚ why aren’t you nice all the time; how can you be every not be nice if that is your personality? According to personality theorists‚ the human personality is
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Stanley Hall and the educational theory by John Dewey was another milestone in the same era. The very first psychological clinic was built in the 1890s by James Cattell and it incorporated anthropometric methods which were used to test the mental condition of the clients. Similarly‚ in 1898 Sigmund Freud was developing a new approach to the study of the mind known as psychoanalysis (Eijk‚ 2005). Reference Abul’khanova
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INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING JEMABEL GONZAGA-SIDAYEN‚ RP‚ RPm‚ M.A. Psychological testing • a field characterized by the use of samples of behavior in order to infer generalizations about a given individual. • Sample behaviors are gathered through the responses to the psychological test and these responses are often compiled into statistical tables that allow the evaluator to compare the behavior of the individual being tested to the responses of a norm group. TYPES OF TESTS • • • •
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